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Verse Obadiah 1:12. _THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED_] It shows a
malevolent heart to rejoice in the miseries of those who have acted
unkindly or wickedly towards us. The Edomites triumphed when they...
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BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT - , rather it means, and can only mean , “And
look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day of thy brother in
the day of his becoming a stranger ; and rejoice not over the...
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OBADIAH 1:1 B. THE DESERVED DOWNFALL OF EDOM. The prophet declares
that interpretation of current events which Yahweh has revealed to
him. Other nations are combining against Edom (Obadiah 1:1) and Ya...
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THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON, &C. All these are Prohibitives in
Hebrew: i.e. they are addressed to Edom as from. spectator looking on
and saying; "Look not thou, "&c.
CHILDREN. sons.
SPOKEN PROU...
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The Cause of Edom's Destruction
The scene changes. Another picture of violence and cruelty now rises
before the prophet's eyes. He sees Jerusalem encompassed by enemies
and overcome. Strangers carry...
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_Thou shouldest not have looked … have rejoiced … have spoken_
rather, LOOK NOT, REJOICE NOT, SPEAK NOT. In this verse it is the
neutrality of Edom, spoken of as "standing on the other side" in the
fo...
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_THE LORD CONDEMNS EDOM'S CRUELTY -- OBADIAH 1:10-14:_ God condemned
Edom for violence done to Jacob. There was a physical relationship
there and yet there was a great deal of hostility, especially fr...
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BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON— Houbigant reads the verbs in
these verses in the imperative mood. _Look not—rejoice not,_ &c.
Instead of, _Nor have laid hands on,_ &c. Obadiah 1:13. Houbigant
r...
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THE JUSTICE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON EDOM
TEXT: Obadiah 1:10-16
10
For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee,
and thou shalt be cut off forever.
11
In the day that thou stoo...
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But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the
day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced
over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...
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1:12 disaster; (c-18) Or 'strange [fate].' see Job 31:3 ....
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THE *LORD IS KING
OBADIAH
_PHILIP SMITH_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF OBADIAH
AUTHOR
This is the shortest book in the *Old Testament. Obadiah means ‘the
servant of *Yahweh’. Or it means ‘the person who giv...
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10-16. — THE DIVINE SENTENCE JUSTIFIED BY EDOM’S GUILT.
This justification takes the form of a warning against a repetition of
the crimes which have already called forth the sentence of Divine
wrath a...
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וְ אַל ־תֵּ֤רֶא בְ יֹום ־אָחִ֨יךָ֙ בְּ
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EDOM AND ISRAEL
Obadiah 1:1
IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult
questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical
problems in all the vexed history...
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But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the
day that he became (i) a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;...
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Though shalt not look, &c., or thou shouldst not, &c. It is a
reprehension for what they had done, and at the same time a
declaration that these things should not pass unpunished. (Challoner)
--- God...
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"For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,
and thou shalt be cut off forever. (11) In the day that thou stoodest
on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away...
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The Prophet enumerates here the kinds of cruelty which the Idumeans
exercised towards the Church of God, the children of Abraham, their
own kindred. But he speaks by way of prohibition; it is then a
p...
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Edom is frequently spoken of in the prophets. This people, who, as
well as Jacob, were descended from Isaac, had an inveterate hatred to
the posterity of the younger son who were favoured as the peopl...
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BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON THE DAY OF THY BROTHER,.... The
day of his calamity, distress, and destruction, as afterwards
explained; that is, with delight and satisfaction, as pleased with i...
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_But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the
day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced
over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...
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_But thou shouldest not have looked upon the day of thy brother _ On
his evil day. Thou oughtest not to have taken pleasure at the sight of
thy brother's calamity. So the expression of _looking upon a...
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The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
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But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the
day that he became a stranger, namely, when Edom feasted his eyes upon
the misfortunes which befell Judah; NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HA...
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THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED:
Or, do not behold, etc.
SPOKEN PROUDLY:
_ Heb._ magnified thy mouth...
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1-16 This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have
been typical, as their father Esau's rejection; and to refer to the
destruction of the enemies of the gospel church. See the predicti...
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THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED with secret joy and satisfaction to thy
eyes and mind; if thou wouldst have looked, it should have been with
tears and grief, not with joy and gladness at the sight: so...
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THE REASON FOR THE INVASION FROM YHWH'S VIEWPOINT, BECAUSE OF EDOM'S
PERFIDY TOWARDS JUDAH (OBADIAH 1:10).
And the reason why Edom would be treated in this way was because of
its behaviour towards ‘yo...
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CONTENTS: Edom's humiliation because of sin against God's people.
CHARACTERS: God, Obadiah.
CONCLUSION: If men in their pride and carnal security dare to
challenge omnipotence, their challenge will...
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_But thou shouldst not have looked on the day of thy brother._
THE DOOM OF EDOM
The commentary on this prophecy is supplied by every traveller who has
explored the recesses of the mountain of Esau. E...
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_For thy violence against thy brother Jacob._
AN OLD SIN
In two aspects.
I. Working in the history of posterity. “For thy violence against
thy brother Jacob.” The spirit of envy that was kindled in...
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OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:12 These verses spell out Edom’s violent
acts. The Edomites took advantage of Judah’s situation during the
Babylonian crisis (Psalms 137:7;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Obadiah 1:10. Cause of ruin] Violence against the seed of Jacob. In
different ways.
OBADIAH 1:11.] For taking a position. STOODEST] not as a looker-on,
but as an enemy; an attitude...
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Tonight shall we turn now to Obadiah.
Who Obadiah was, or where he came from, when he prophesied, nobody
knows for sure. There have been a lot of guesses as to who Obadiah
actually was, but they are a...
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1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Peter 2:18; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 35:15;
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Looked — With joy on the affliction. A stranger — As a stranger,
one who had no more right to any thing in the land. Proudly —
Vaunting over the Jews, when Jerusalem was taken....
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OBADIAH — If the Book of Obadiah is inspired Scripture, then why is
it not quoted in the NT? (For a discussion of this question, see
Ecclesiastes 1:1.)
OBADIAH — Is the prophecy of Obadiah simply an...